Tinsel
noun
Thin strips of shimmery material used for decoration, especially around Christmas.
We placed tinsel around the Christmas tree.
Often appears as...
- silver tinsel
- christmas tree tinsel
adjective
Something looking attractive but lacking depth or value.
She called it a tinsel town with no real substance.
Often appears as...
- tinsel town
- tinsel showbiz
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
Thin strips of shimmery material used for decoration, especially around Christmas.
We placed tinsel around the Christmas tree.
Often appears as...
- silver tinsel
- christmas tree tinsel
adjective
Something looking attractive but lacking depth or value.
She called it a tinsel town with no real substance.
Often appears as...
- tinsel town
- tinsel showbiz
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Associations
Tinsel is often associated with celebrations, particularly Christmas, adding a festive touch.
They draped tinsel over the mantelpiece for the holiday party.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Effect
Tinsel catches light and sparkles, used to make places look more exciting and eye-catching.
The tinsel glinted under the fairy lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Decoration Placement
Tinsel is a versatile decoration, often hung on trees, walls, or across ceilings.
We hung silver tinsel across the ceiling for the New Year's Eve party.
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Associations
Tinsel is often associated with celebrations, particularly Christmas, adding a festive touch.
They draped tinsel over the mantelpiece for the holiday party.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Effect
Tinsel catches light and sparkles, used to make places look more exciting and eye-catching.
The tinsel glinted under the fairy lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Decoration Placement
Tinsel is a versatile decoration, often hung on trees, walls, or across ceilings.
We hung silver tinsel across the ceiling for the New Year's Eve party.
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Associations
Tinsel is often associated with celebrations, particularly Christmas, adding a festive touch.
They draped tinsel over the mantelpiece for the holiday party.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Effect
Tinsel catches light and sparkles, used to make places look more exciting and eye-catching.
The tinsel glinted under the fairy lights.
Pro Tip 3/3Decoration Placement
Tinsel is a versatile decoration, often hung on trees, walls, or across ceilings.
We hung silver tinsel across the ceiling for the New Year's Eve party.
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Video examples
Arunachalam Muruganantham...
I will give you a surprise with a lot of tinsel paper rolled up with it. Close your eyes." Because I tried to make it intimate. Because it's an arranged marriage, not a love marriage. So one day she said, openly, I'm not going to support this research.
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Paying it forward with...
also added tinsel and the new books at the library where faithlyn about windmill we share some of the books to the other libraries in the nearby so even the the school that resented me kicking me out with in the instead of
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Lale Labuko: Rescuing...
and two weeks the child was only fed water only water for two weeks and i i i called my staff i said go and save the life go and they went there and they brought tensa i named it the name tinsel means
Video examples
Arunachalam Muruganantham...
I will give you a surprise with a lot of tinsel paper rolled up with it. Close your eyes." Because I tried to make it intimate. Because it's an arranged marriage, not a love marriage. So one day she said, openly, I'm not going to support this research.
Video examples
Paying it forward with...
also added tinsel and the new books at the library where faithlyn about windmill we share some of the books to the other libraries in the nearby so even the the school that resented me kicking me out with in the instead of
Video examples
Lale Labuko: Rescuing...
and two weeks the child was only fed water only water for two weeks and i i i called my staff i said go and save the life go and they went there and they brought tensa i named it the name tinsel means
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.
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Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.
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William Godwin
English Writer
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
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Priyanshu Chatterjee
Indian Actor
I was married once. When the tinsel from Tum Bin' was wearing off, so was the happiness from my first marriage. Ever since, I've been wary of marrying again.
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Senthil
Indian Actor
I had several friends associated with the tinsel world - like A Veerapan, Bhagyaraj, R Sunder Rajan. Thanks to them, I got a few roles in films.
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Leslie Jordan
American Actor
When I was little, I was like a magpie, which is a bird that's attracted to shiny things. They'll build their nests with Christmas tree tinsel.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.
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Simon Van Booy
British Writer
Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.
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Tanushree Dutta
Indian Model
Tinsel town is full of liars, show-offs and spineless hypocrites.
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Oscar Levant
American Composer
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
Quote examples
Robert Musil
Austrian Writer
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.
Quote examples
Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
Recession-resistant development produces things people need. Unsustainable growth churns out tinsel products that consumers have to be seduced into buying - until times get tough, when they quickly give them up.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.
Quote examples
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Indian Actor
I was married once. When the tinsel from Tum Bin' was wearing off, so was the happiness from my first marriage. Ever since, I've been wary of marrying again.
Quote examples
Senthil
Indian Actor
I had several friends associated with the tinsel world - like A Veerapan, Bhagyaraj, R Sunder Rajan. Thanks to them, I got a few roles in films.
Quote examples
Leslie Jordan
American Actor
When I was little, I was like a magpie, which is a bird that's attracted to shiny things. They'll build their nests with Christmas tree tinsel.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.
Quote examples
Simon Van Booy
British Writer
Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.
Quote examples
Tanushree Dutta
Indian Model
Tinsel town is full of liars, show-offs and spineless hypocrites.
Quote examples
Oscar Levant
American Composer
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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